blackwood

See also: Blackwood

English

Etymology

black +‎ wood

Noun

blackwood (usually uncountable, plural blackwoods)

  1. (countable) any of several trees yielding a very dark wood
    1. African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
    2. Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
    3. Malaysian blackwood (Diospyros ebonasea), of Malaysia
    4. Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
  2. (uncountable) the very dark wood of such trees
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